suture /ˈsu.t͡ʃɚ/noun 7verb 1forms 3 noun7 •A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.Although the sutures are difficult to trace, the supraoccipital contacts the parietal anteriorly at a tight interdigitated suture, and contacts the ophistotic posterolaterally at a straight suture. — 2016 •Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together. •An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault. •A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull. •A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet. •The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.It is also generally marked above by flexuose anastomosing black, indented lines, whence it appears as if insculpt with rivulose sutures. — 1894 •(figurative) The procedure by which a subject comes to be identified with its own representation, as in the identification of the speaker with the sign “I” within a certain discourse; (by extension) any process by which the content of something is determined or supplied from outside itself. verb1 •To sew up or join by means of a suture. formssutured · suturing · sutures
